January 14, 2019 at Richmond Music HallDoors at 9, Show at 9:15$15 // All Ages

After a bummer of a cancellation on November's Windhand show, BROADBERRY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP is happy to book a make-up fate in January for desert-rock pioneers, YAWNING MAN!! Since the late 80s these original Coachella Valley party-rockers threw on shows for and influenced some of the the greats like Black Flag, Kyuss, Saint Vitus and many more who frequented the Palm Desert to see these majestic generator shows. Now Lalli (also of Fatso Jetson) and crew have brought the how back on the road with a stop in RVA at RICHMOND MUSIC HALL alongside Virginia Beach and Richmond's finest stoner/doom/desert/sludge offerings FREEDOM HAWK and DRUGLORD!!

____________________________YAWNING MAN: Formed in the late 1980's, the lineup of Gary Arce, Mario Lalli, and Bill Stinson rounds out their yearlong active recording and touring schedule. Arce and Lalli’s background together date back to the start of Yawning Man with Stinson’s background steeped in the SST Records world through performing and recording with Gregg Ginn and Chuck Dukowski of Black Flag for several years. YAWNING MAN is acknowledged and recognized throughout the underground heavy music community as a key piece in the developments of the desert/stoner rock subgenres. While their contemporaries gravitated toward the heavy riffs of grunge, and post punk, Yawning Man leaned in another direction with their unique and organic, cinematic compositions and psychedelic improvisations...the perfect soundtrack to encompass the spacious moonscape atmosphere of the well documented "generator parties" of their area in the late 1980's. It was at these gatherings where they developed this distinctive style and sound by enchanting spectators with their seemingly endless free form instrumental sessions, which echoed through the beautiful deserts, mesas, and landscapes of the Coachella Valley.

As time passed, their legend grew with notable names of the Palm Desert music scene paying homage to the group through mention and praise, notably with legendary desert band Kyuss (Joshua Homme, Brant Bjork, John Garcia, Scott Reeder) doing their own rendition of the Yawning Man track "Catamaran" on the 1995 Elektra release ..And The Circus Leaves Town. Festival appearances include Hellfest (FR), Azkena Fest (ES), Reverence Fest (ES) Desertfest London, Desertfest Berlin, Up in Smoke (CH), Psycho Las Vegas (US), Stoned & Dusted I & II (US), and various others. The recent documentaries on the Deserts unique music scene Lo Sound Desert and Desert Age give light on Yawning Man’s influential impact on underground rock music.